Anurag Kashyap’s revenge saga “Gangs of Wasseypur”
starts off in the most innocuous way — a shot of actress Smriti Irani
opening the door and and inviting the audience in with a beaming smile.
It’s a scene millions of viewers are familiar with, thanks to the
popularity of the soap, but definitely not something you’d expect to see
in the first frame of a revenge drama.
Such incongruous scenes and unexpected surprises pop up regularly
during the 2.5-hour-long film. Kashyap uses a tongue-in-cheek approach
to tell his story, pairing it with searing imagery, a couple of history
lessons and the edgiest characters you will see on screen for some time.
But don’t blame yourself if the first 30 minutes of this film seem
like a blur. Kashyap crowds it with so many characters, their back
stories and so much history, that you won’t know who’s who. Eventually
you will realise that this is a revenge saga centring around Sardar Khan
(Manoj Bajpayee), whose only aim in life is to avenge his father’s
death at the hands of coal mine owner Ramadhir Singh (played by
Tigmanshu Dhulia).
The story starts before Sardar’s birth, establishes his past and then
chronicles his life, including a turbulent married life, and his rise
as the “bahubali” (strong man) of Wasseypur, a mining town in Jharkhand.
His rivalry with the Qureshis, who are the butchers of Wasseypur, and
Ramadhir form the crux of the story, but Kashyap also devotes ample
time to the two women in Sardar’s life — his two wives and the messy
family equations his marriages create. Both Richa Chaddha and Reemma Sen
are exceptional in their roles as the feisty wives of the protagonist.
Rajeev Ravi’s camera captures the dirt and grime of coal mines with
such intensity that you might imagine yourself covered in soot. Kashyap
makes sure the first half of the film doesn’t lose its pace, keeping you
hooked. There is an occasional sprinkling of Bollywood dialogue
(perfectly timed) and some edgy music by Sneha Khanwalkar which lend to
the tone of the film.
In the second half though, the film loses steam and Sardar’s mission
to finish Ramadhir Singh takes a back seat, and he chooses to give up
his life of crime and take up fishing instead. Why he does this is not
very clear, and with that plot point, the film loses its way.
The performances across the board are brilliant, but Bajpayee and
Pankaj Tripathi as Sultan the butcher stand head and shoulders above the
rest of the ensemble cast. Tripathi has more to do in the second part
of the film and that alone is a reason for watching it.
Kashyap channels his inner Tarantino and succeeds in Indianising him a
great deal, but the first 20 minutes and the second half are weak
points in what is otherwise a brilliant film. Of course, this isn’t the
end of the matter, and part two of this saga is supposed to be up for
release soon. Until then, if you can stomach it, watch “Gangs of Wasseypur“.

As the three-day Rathyatra festivity began in the city, around 70-80 makeshift stalls of nankhatai
have sprouted at entire Rathyatra region. If the vendors of these
nankhatai stalls are to be believed, nankhatais worth Rs 60-70 lakhs
would be sold during the festival.

According to vendors who have set up their shops for the Rathyatra festival, this season Besan Nankhatai is in demand.

Huge quantity of besan nankhkatai is being sold. According to Ashok, a
nankhatai wala, while nankhatai is a popular delicacy in most of the
fares, Rathyatra fare is the most prominent for us, as the nankhatai is
offered to Lord Jagannath as 'prasad'.

Nankhatais of this
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Lucknow and neighbouring cities. "Relatives and friends of people who
come here as devotees give prior orders and thus after offering the
delicacy to lord, send it to their near and dear ones residing in other
cities," he informed.

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One thing you can always count on with any recording from The Resonance
Ensemble, is a full meal. All of the food groups are represented as well
as a few snacks that may not necessarily be all that good for you but
are so tasty you can't help but smile and enjoy the sugar rush. This is
one album that you need to approach with an empty stomach and an
appetite for a big plate of artistic buffet as you will be coming back
to it again and again.

And with any piece of art, you only get out of it what you put in. With
Ken Vandermark, his dedications are a good starting point to help you
get into his creative impetus. Track one if for the Lithuanian poet,
Czeslaw Milosz, who won the Nobel prize in 1980.

On Fabric Monument (for Czeslaw Milosz), the ensemble attacks
the opening few measures as a unified, well oiled machine. What an
incredible front line! The drums (Tim Daisy and Michael Zerang) along
with the bass (Mark Tokar) start to rumble along and as soon as you
think you know where this song is going, there is a crack of the snare
releasing Dave Rempis' (saxophone) power. He doesn't waste any time
propelling himself from the shoulders of the intro into a blistering
solo full of confidence and above all purpose. Keeping in mind that
Vandermark is a film studies graduate, it is worth following his aural
cinematography here. Further along, after a series of big composed
themes, Tokar sets a new tempo and groove that carries out for the
second half of the track. A mood that Waclaw Zimpel adds a blissful Bb
clarinet solo over. What a journey the ensemble takes you on. For nearly
20 minutes, I was transfixed, churning image after image in my mind as
the track guided me through a part composed, part improvised
masterpiece.

And the fun doesn't stop there, but as there are only three tracks on
the recording, I don't want to spoil all the twists and turns of
Vandermark's vision, but a few tastes won't hurt.Acoustic Fence (for Witold Lutoslawski) allows Per-Ake
Holmlander to weave his tuba through wisps and sheets of brass before
any order is restored by a reunified front line blasting away. Tension
builds to a saxophone battle and then complete silence. This opportunity
is taken by Magnus Broo (trumpet) who expertly fills the quiet.

The third and final track on the recording, Open Window Theory (for Fred Anderson)
is worth it alone for the touching and poignant Bb clarinet solo by
Vandermark himself. As a dedication, you can hear the respect that is
given through the instrument.

There is just so much to say about this recording but in fairness, the
music describes itself more succinctly than I could. So as I sit back,
completely full, licking my fingers, I hungrily await their next
installment.

He
might have one of the most packed schedules in the world of music, but
that's also the reason composer A R Rahman made it a point to stop and
take note of the fact that June 21 was World Music Day. At his KM Music
Conservatory, with students, teachers and sister Fathima, director of
the school, decided to record a song composed by one of the faculty,
sung by a student to commemorate the day.

"We recorded a Sufi
qalam written by Munna Shaukat Ali in praise of the murshid or teacher.
Both Rahman and Fathima were intent that something long-lasting and
memorable be done to mark the day," says Jyoti Nair, senior manager at
the Conservatory.

Meanwhile, Alliance Francaise on College Road was all abuzz with its week-long celebration of music. Considering the idea of World Music Day
was conceptualised in France in 1976 by American musician Joel Cohen,
it's no wonder that the cultural centre's "Fete de la Musique", a
collaborative effort between Alliance Francaise of Madras, Goethe-
Institut and Unwind Centre, will go on till June 26, featuring a wide
range of musicians from India, France, Germany and the United States.

The Alliance Francaise auditorium was packed to the brim with music
lovers who came to listen to a medley of jazz, rock, pop and even a
choir for a programme that lasted over two hours. People were seen
seated along the aisle, on the every bit of floor space available and
even standing on the sides of the otherwise 15-seater room as White
Lady, Adam and the Fishe-Eyed Poets, El Fe and more performed.

Max Mueller Bhavan
saw pianist Anil and singer Vedanth Bharadwaj taking to the stage in a
concert for a group of students from a corporation school in
Aminjikarai. It was not a one-off concert, says Srinivasan. The concert
also saw the launch of a website by NalandaWay and Goethe Institut. The
website, Chennai Music Library, is a repertoire of clips of concerts
given by various consular offices and cultural centres. Conceptualised
by Srinivasan and V Sriram Iyer of NalandaWay, the library is an attempt
to help students from underprivileged backgrounds get to know different
kinds of music and instruments.

"We want children to be aware
of different kinds of music and not just film songs," said Geetha
Vedaraman of Goethe-Institut. According to Srinivasan, though music
education is stressed as an important aspect of schooling, there is
scarcity of education aids. So the clips, put together from videos
provided by Alliance Francaise, US consulate, Inko Centre and
Goethe-Institut will come in handy to educators and trainers.

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Criminals looted Gramin Bank at Chuttupalu, hardly 30 km away from
Ranchi in broad daylight and took away more than Rs 7 lakh from the
bank. Five criminals entered the bank around 12.30 pm asked the bank
staff to handover the cash to them. Within 15-20 minutes, they
collected Rs 7,66,775 and ran away on their bikes.

Unwilling to give up the spotlight just yet, Microsoft has planned another
Big Announcement for tomorrow, June 20. The Redmond, Washington-based
company is flying out to San Francisco, for what will be a two-day
developers summit full of surprises.
One such surprise, which is generating a lot of eleventh-hour excitement, is the anticipated Windows Phone 8. Here is what we know, and what rumors have suggested, so far...Codename: Apollo (or Windows Phone 8)Upgrade: Multi-core processors (a step up from the single core units used in handsets like the Lumia)Update: Windows NT core OS (rather than the outmoded Windows CE platform used in the Windows Phone 7)
We'll continue to update with additional info as it comes and look
forward to the Big Announcement tomorrow at 12PM EST. Stay tuned...

The Janata Dal-Secular, with three Lok Sabha members and 26 legislators in Karnataka, said Thursday it will vote for United Progressive Alliance (UPA) presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjee.
Both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mukherjee had sought support, JD-S president and former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda told reporters.
Gowda said Mukherjee wanted him to make public his party's stand and so "I called the press to announce our support".
The three JD-S Lok Sabha members include Deve Gowda and his son H.D. Kumaraswamy.